Flower ID: IMG_2954.JPG-07-20-2022 Flower name (scientific): Lysimachia vulgaris Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) ly-sih-MAK-ee-ah vul-GAIR-iss Flower name (common): Garden Loosestrife Family name (common): Primrose Family name (scientific): Primulaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: Two explanations are offered for this name. Named by Dioscorides after King Lysimachus (Lysimachos, 360 BCE – 281 BCE) of Thrace. Or from the Ancient Greek λυσιζ, lúsis, a loosening. Specific epithet: Latin for common. Common name origin: This plant is growen in cultivation. The other part, meaning to loose (end) strife, is apparently an ancient mistranslation of lysimachia, taken from the personal name Lysimachus. Flower description: Size: 0.5 to 1.0 inches (1.3 to 2.5 cm) Petal count: 5 Color: yellow Other: flower arrangement, Panicle Plant description: Size: 18 to 48 inches (46 to 122 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is whorl, also opposite or subopposite, and the type is simple Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate (FNA) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): July to August Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Fields, woods, streambanks, lake and pond margins, moist to wet, semi shade to sun. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Ethnobotany: Latitude: 44.777057 Longitude: -91.568968 Altitude: 231.20 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Buffalo, Dane, Dunn, Eau Claire, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Oconto, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha, Waupaca, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (CO, CT, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (BC, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): FACW Wetland Status (MW): FACW